Michigan
Bay City (Saginaw River lumber port)
Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottlesAlso reported: hotel and dock debris along the old sawmill riverfront and shipyard fill..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
Why this spot
1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Saginaw River, tidal lumber-shipping channel to Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron
LOC Sanborn coverage begins 1895; concentrate on the west-side mill district and dock/shipyard riverfront where saloons clustered.
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